The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 - English language |
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... words . ib . Part II . By the use of new words ... 347 Part III . By the use of good words new - modelled .... 353 SECT . II . The solecism .... • · 363 SECT . III . The impropriety . Part I. Impropriety in single words Part II ...
... words . ib . Part II . By the use of new words ... 347 Part III . By the use of good words new - modelled .... 353 SECT . II . The solecism .... • · 363 SECT . III . The impropriety . Part I. Impropriety in single words Part II ...
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... word or idea introdu- ced * . On the contrary , an harangue framed for af- fecting the hearts or influencing the resolves of ... words otherwise disposed , could have been better expressed . Eloquence defined .... its more general forms ...
... word or idea introdu- ced * . On the contrary , an harangue framed for af- fecting the hearts or influencing the resolves of ... words otherwise disposed , could have been better expressed . Eloquence defined .... its more general forms ...
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... words above quoted , and some other things advanced in relation to the same personage , had upon the audience , as we learn from Quintilian , was quite ex- traordinary . They extorted from them such demonstrations of their their ...
... words above quoted , and some other things advanced in relation to the same personage , had upon the audience , as we learn from Quintilian , was quite ex- traordinary . They extorted from them such demonstrations of their their ...
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... word logic in the third line is used ironically . In other words , we have here modes and substances , the affections of body , and the exercise of reason , strange- ly , but not insignificantly , linked together ; strangely , else the ...
... word logic in the third line is used ironically . In other words , we have here modes and substances , the affections of body , and the exercise of reason , strange- ly , but not insignificantly , linked together ; strangely , else the ...
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... word humour , as I did of the term wit , that we scarcely find in other languages a word exactly corresponding . The ... words are often confounded . There appears , indeed , to be more uniformity in the use that is made of the second ...
... word humour , as I did of the term wit , that we scarcely find in other languages a word exactly corresponding . The ... words are often confounded . There appears , indeed , to be more uniformity in the use that is made of the second ...
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admit adverb affecting objects analogy appear argument ascer axioms barbarism cause character circumstances common commonly consequently considered as endowed contrary deductive evidence defective verb degree discover doth Dr Johnson Dr Priestley effect eloquence employed English equal example excited experience expression favour former give grammatical purity hath hearers Hudibras humour ideas idiom imagination impropriety instance kind knowledge latter laughter manner means memory ment mind moral nature neral neuter never noun objects or representations observed orator participle particular passions perhaps periphrasis perly person perspicuity phrases pity pleasure we receive poet preposition present preterit principal canons principles produce pronoun properly Quintilian racter reason receive from affecting regard relation remark render resemblance respect ridicule scholastic art Sect sense sentiments signifies sion solecism solutions hitherto given sometimes sophism sort speaker speaking species spect term ther thing tical tion tongue truth verb verbal criticism wherein words writers